Search Results for: UK law
EU influences ‘two-thirds of UK law’ – business group
March 3rd, 2015
A new calculation of the politically charged figure of the proportion of UK law originating in Brussels puts it at 64.7% over the past 20 years, a business group calling for ‘fundamental’ reform said today. The figure is much ...
UK law firms reach six-year records on growth
February 26th, 2015
UK law firms are having a good year, according to research from TheCityUK. Turnover was up by 8.4 per cent in the year, 2013/14, covered by data from TheCityUK – and the group predicts that 2014/15 revenue will show ...
UK Lawyers and US Lawyers in the market of private equity
December 16th, 2014
UK firms are in battle with their US counterparts to win more private equity and related work – and a report suggests ways that the UK lawyers could make greater advances. A report by Fox Rodney Search into the ...
Large UK law firms ‘more effective’ at social media than US counterparts
July 31st, 2014
DLA Piper, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance rank highest overall in the UK Social Law Firm Index Large UK law firms have a significantly more effective presence on social media than similarly-sized US firms. That’s according to The ...
VW accused of emissions cheating in UK’s largest class action lawsuit
December 5th, 2019
Volkswagen Group is facing one of the largest-ever UK class action lawsuits, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing it of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it appear their diesel vehicles met environmental standards. Lawyers for the ...
UK introduces measures ending the supremacy of EU Law
July 14th, 2017
The UK government has begun the technical process of extricating the UK from the European Union by introducing a 66-page measure ending the supremacy of EU law. As expected, the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill would repeal the European Communities ...
Global law firms based in UK merge to create the sixth largest legal practice in the world
May 2nd, 2017
CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang today announce the completion of their transformational merger, creating a new London powerhouse and the 6th largest law firm in the UK by revenue and 6th largest globally by headcount. Globally, CMS has over ...
The Law Society UK reports on technological innovation in Legal services
February 8th, 2017
The independent professional body for solicitors in UK, The Law Society, has published the research report “Capturing Technological Innovation in Legal Services”. Unprecedented technological change offers solicitors exciting opportunities to innovate in ways that benefit clients, technological innovators and ...
$50bn Russian oil lawsuit set for next stage; Yukos
February 7th, 2017
Russian businessmen trying to overturn a decision to deny them a record $50bn arbitration award following the collapse of oil company Yukos will file their grounds of appeal next month. The businessmen are all ex-shareholders at the company, which ...
First ever ‘para-law’ firm launches in the UK
January 23rd, 2017
The controversial new venture will allow unlicensed paralegals to do the bulk of case work in order to drive down costs for clients. Launched by the Kohen Rapoport Group and named ‘LCM’, the United Kingdom’s first ever ‘para-legal’ firm ...
